
The Hermite-Hadamard inequality states that the average value of a convex function on an interval is bounded from above by the average value of the function at the endpoints of the interval. We provide a generalization to higher dimensions: let $��\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a convex domain and let $f:��\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a convex function satisfying $f \big|_{\partial ��} \geq 0$, then $$ \frac{1}{|��|} \int_��{f ~d \mathcal{H}^n} \leq \frac{2 ��^{-1/2} n^{n+1}}{|\partial ��|} \int_{\partial ��}{f~d \mathcal{H}^{n-1}}.$$ The constant $2 ��^{-1/2} n^{n+1}$ is presumably far from optimal, however, it cannot be replaced by 1 in general. We prove slightly stronger estimates for the constant in two dimensions where we show that $9/8 \leq c_2 \leq 8$. We also show, for some universal constant $c>0$, if $��\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ is simply connected with smooth boundary, $f:��\rightarrow \mathbb{R}_{}$ is subharmonic, i.e. $��f \geq 0$, and $f \big|_{\partial ��} \geq 0$, then $$ \int_��{f~ d \mathcal{H}^2} \leq c \cdot \mbox{inradius}(��) \int_{\partial ��}{ f ~d\mathcal{H}^{1}}.$$ We also prove that every domain $��\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ whose boundary is 'flat' at a certain scale $��$ admits a Hermite-Hadamard inequality for all subharmonic functions with a constant depending only on the dimension, the measure $|��|$ and the scale $��$.
Mathematics - Functional Analysis, Mathematics - Classical Analysis and ODEs, Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA), FOS: Mathematics, Functional Analysis (math.FA)
Mathematics - Functional Analysis, Mathematics - Classical Analysis and ODEs, Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA), FOS: Mathematics, Functional Analysis (math.FA)
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